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What do we call the Sumerian writing system?

Religion and political power were closely linked by the citadel, or fortress, at

Who were the invaders who attacked Egypt during its final years?

What was the center of Zapotec civilization?

What was the cradle of Indian civilization due to its moderate climate?

The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the

The Neolithic Revolution was followed by the what?

The Chinese had developed a simple script that was mainly pictographic and ideographic by the

What do we call the upper class of land owners in the Shang Dynasty?

Hammurabi is remembered for

Unlike other religions of the time, political leaders in Israel

What is the name of the Neolithic farming village in modern-day Turkey?

The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans?

A large political unit, usually with a single leader, that controls many territories is a what?

Most of the people in the Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacán were

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with one another,

Who was the pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten?

Where do scientists believe Homo Sapiens first appeared?

The Neolithic Revolution was the shift from hunting and gathering to

How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?

Which Mesoamerican civilization pre-dated the Maya?

Which city in Kush, became a major iron-working center?

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten’s religious reforms?

Which of the following is a study of past societies by studying what people left behind?

The inhabitants of what are now Mexico and Central America were?

It was believed that the king was the link between Heaven and Earth during the

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of

Which leader was said to have established the world's first empire?

What do we call an object made by humans that sheds light on the past?

What group of nomads settled in northern India?

Which ancient empire used terror as an instrument of war?

A king or queen could be referred to as a what?

When humans first settled in villages, the ______ became more complex.

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that

What geographic feature isolated China from India?

A main characteristic of civilizations is?

The “ten lost tribes” were

Which of the following is the most complete definition of a civilization?

Who was the Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory?

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

What term refers to a skilled worker?

By 30,000 BC, Neanderthals were replaced by

Which of the following is a city in Mesopotamia?

Who were the first hominids to learn to make fires deliberately?

Which group of hominids spread out over the globe?

What empire was ruled by Cyrus the Great?

In what period was the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed?

While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers used

What were the basic political units of Sumerian civilization?

A city that appeared around 2500 B.C. in the Supe River valley of Peru, was

Anthropology is the study of?

Where was the site of the discovery of an 1.8 million year old hominid?

Paleolithic peoples who migrated from the tropics into colder regions began to use

The first civilizations developed in what?

What brought new civilizations in contact with one another?

Egyptian society, with the god-king at the top, was organized like a what?

What do we call the ruler of a province in the Persian Empire?

The best way to describe Paleolithic people and their way of life is by calling them

The arch of rich soil between the Med. Sea and the Persian Gulf is the what?

What was the key to China's social system?

In Hammurabi’s code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or

Which of the following contributed to the system of communication crucial the Persian Empire?

A massive stepped tower in Sumeria is a what?

What is the longest river in the world?

A civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean that built the labyrinth of King Minos was the

Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used for?

Early urban civilizations all developed religions primarily

A reliable source of meat, milk, and wool resulted from what?

The use of metal tools marked the end of the Neolithic Age and a what?

Which of the following did the Sumerians invent?

The empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson ____

The first empire in world history was?

What was the name of the Kush when they were still part of Egypt?

Which river of India gave rise to mass cultivation and farm production?

What d we call the period of time before writing was developed?